Media Coverage

South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 21,500 people and caused widespread destruction in the besieged...

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that not enough aid is entering besieged Gaza, leaving 40 percent of its population “at risk of famine” amid Israeli curbs on entry of much-needed aid trucks to enter the enclave. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees...

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The vote—which comes days after the United States vetoed a resolution in the Security Council to the same effect—also shows...

Two Israeli strikes that killed a Reuters videographer and wounded six other journalists in south Lebanon nearly two months ago were apparently deliberate and a direct attack on civilians, two international human rights groups said Thursday. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said that the...

The UN human rights chief urged countries on Monday to work together to defeat threats such as war and pollution at an event to mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that risks being overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Ministers, diplomats, and activists attended the...

Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for a full humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants.

The United States has implemented a new visa restriction policy against several dozen extremist Israeli settlers who have attacked Palestinian residents in the West Bank, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday. The move—which also affects Palestinians who have attacked Israelis in the...

A Dutch court is set to hear a case accusing the state of complicity in war crimes in Gaza due to its supply of components for Israeli bombers. Launched by human rights organizations against The Netherlands, the case, which opens on Monday, says that the Dutch state is complicit in the alleged war...

Israeli police are using forensic evidence, video and witness testimony, and interrogations of suspects to document cases of rape amid the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Women and girls caught in the rampage were brutalized sexually, as well as physically tortured and killed, witnesses to the...

A humanitarian pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas will be extended by two days, mediator Qatar and Hamas say, hours before an initial four-day truce in Gaza had been set to expire. “The State of Qatar announces that, as part of the ongoing mediation, an agreement has been reached to extend...